Cultural competence in nursing: Foundation or fallacy?

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 181-186

  Dreher, Melanie ^a,b   MacNaughton, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b Office of the Dean   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JUSTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSING; REVIEW; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; STANDARD;

COGNITION; CULTURE; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING;

EID: 0036730554     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mno.2002.125800     Document Type: Article

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